HMHS Dover Castle
The Dover Castle before her wartime service
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Dover Castle |
Namesake | Dover Castle |
Owner | Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company |
Builder | Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow |
Yard number | 443 |
Launched | 4 February 1904 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat UC-67, 26 May 1917[1] |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,271 GRT[2] |
Length | 476.4 ft (145.2 m) |
Beam | 56.7 ft (17.3 m) |
Draught | 31.9 ft (9.7 m) |
Propulsion | Steam, quadruple expansion engines, 969 nhp |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
HMHS Dover Castle (
.History
SS Dover Castle was built by Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow as yard number 443, in 1904 and launched on 4 February 1904. She was powered by quadruple expansion stream engines. She was built as a combined passenger and cargo vessel for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, of London.
On 4 October 1916,
Sinking
Dover Castle was torpedoed by the German U-boat UC-67 on 26 May 1917, while 50 miles (80 km) north of Bône on passage from Malta to Gibraltar. The initial explosion killed seven boiler stokers, but the crew was able to evacuate the wounded onto HMS Cameleon. The captain and a small crew tried to save the ship, but she was hit by a second torpedo an hour later and sank in three minutes at 37°45′N 7°45′E / 37.750°N 7.750°E.
Prosecution
Kptlt. Karl Neumann, commanding officer of UC-67, was tried for sinking the hospital ship at the
See also
References
- ^ "HMHS Dover Castle (+1917)". wrecksite. 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Ships - HMHS Dover Castle". Roll-of-Honour.com. 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ Hocking, C. (1969). Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824-1962. London: London Stamp Exchange.
- ISSN 1520-460X. Retrieved 8 November 2015.